Hacker hijacks Brazil’s national alert system, sending “misanthropy” to millions of phones

Emergency alert systems work because people believe them. Every time one of these systems issues a false alert – whether through negligence or a deliberate attack – trust erodes.

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Hacker hijacks Brazil’s national alert system, sending “misanthropy” to millions of phones

Emergency alert systems work because people believe them. Every time one of these systems issues a false alert – whether through negligence or a deliberate attack – trust erodes.

Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog. Continue reading Hacker hijacks Brazil’s national alert system, sending “misanthropy” to millions of phones

Algerian Man Extradited to US for Running Cybercrime Marketplaces

26-year-old Abdellah Belmili faces up to 30 years in prison for allegedly operating the marketplaces Market0Day and Spoxy.
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FFmpeg PixelSmash Flaw Allows RCE on Video Players, Media Servers, NAS Appliances

Attackers can send crafted media files to execute code in any application that uses FFmpeg’s libavcodec library.
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